Common Ground, the community gardening and urban agriculture program, will offer free workshops about composting in June. Composting is the natural process of recycling organic matter such as leaves and food scraps into valuable fertilizer that can enrich the soil for gardening and farming.

The instructor for the workshops will be Stan Ring, former Douglas County Extension Horticulture Program Assistant and a Douglas County Master Gardener. The workshops will be held at four different Common Ground sites:

• Thursday, June 6, 6 p.m., Penn Street Community Garden, 1313 Pennsylvania St.
• Sunday, June 9, 10 a.m., Garden Incubator at John Taylor Park, 200 N. Seventh St.
• Tuesday, June 18, 6 p.m., Growing Together Community Garden, West Third and Alabama streets.
• Saturday, June 22, 10 a.m., Incubator Farm, Highway 24/40 (across from Teepee Junction).

All four sessions will cover the same material, so participants only need to attend one that fits their schedule best. 

The workshops are free and open to the public, but please register by filling out this form and indicating which session you’d like to attend.